Collateral Damage : How High-stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools, Paper...

Description: Collateral Damage : How High-stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools, Paperback by Nichols, Sharon L.; Berliner, David C., ISBN 1891792350, ISBN-13 9781891792359, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Drawing upon accounts of journalists, teachers, administrators, and researchers, Nichols (U. of Texas, San Antonio) and Berliner (Arizona State U., Tempe) assess the negative impact on American education of the high-stakes testing program demanded by the 2002 No Child Left Behind law. Their analysis is based on the application of Campbell's law, which posits that the greater the social consequences associated with a quantitative indicator (such as test scores), the more likely the indicator itself will become corrupted, and that its use will corrupt the social processes it was intended to monitor. The authors examine the many forms of cheating--by students, teachers, and administrators; data manipulation by districts and states; the exclusion of weak students from the test-taking pool; the eroded validity of test scores; the impact on teacher and student morale; and existing alternative systems of accountability. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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Book Title: Collateral Damage : How High-stakes Testing Corrupts America's Sc

Number of Pages: 252 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Collateral Damage : How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Publication Year: 2007

Subject: Educational Policy & Reform / General, General, Testing & Measurement, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

Item Weight: 12 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Education

Author: Sharon L. Nichols

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback